As with any Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-referencing post, this entry made my day. Also, thank you for alerting me to the fact that it's Towel Day! I shall celebrate by keeping my towel with the number 42 on it at all times today (not kidding, either).

Incidentally, I desperately need to know the story behind "The Terrible Towel". What the heck?

Ok, I have to admit...I have never read Hitchhiker's Guide...BUT I have an older brother who did and so I recognized some of the references. So, I guess this goes to prove he was good for something other than picking on me! Please don't tell him.

Now, that being said...what is up with the pornographic teapots????

wv: mingly - that confused feeling you get when something excites you but you know it's so wrong

The Terrible Towel is fairly accurate, FYI. They are given out to Pittsburgh Steelers fans for rooting their team on to victory. They are a yellow hand towel with fringe and "The Terrible Towel" written on it. Of course, the writing on the actual towel is better....

Does writing enhance the hiding power of a towel? Perhaps he'd be more distracted with writing on the towel? Nah, he's so dumb, he probably can't read....

How is it that i DIDN'T know that today is also Geek Pride Day and the Glorious 25th of May, a.k.a. Wear The Lilac day (Discworld fan day)? All of this goes on my calendar for next year. You should see how Towel Day is trending on Twitter, though!

"The first ten million years were the worst, and the second ten million years, they were the worst too. The third ten million I didn't enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline." Marvin was always one of my favorites.

There is an art or, rather, a knack to cake wreckerating. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the instructions and miss.

Pick a nice day, and try it.

The first part is easy. All it requires is simply the ability to throw yourself into the project with all your might, and the willingness not to mind that you're going to screw it up. That is, you're going to screw it up if you fail to follow the directions. If you are really trying properly, the likelihood is that you will fail to follow the directions fairly hilariously.

One problem is that you have to screw up accidentally. It's no good deliberately intending to be disasteriously funny because you won't be. You have to have your attention suddenly distracted by something else when you're halfway done decorating, so that you are no longer thinking about the spelling, or the suggestive shape of brown logs, or about how much it's going to embarrass you when it's posted on this blog.

It is notoriously difficult to prise your attention away from these three things during the hours you have at your disposal. Hence most people's successful cakes, and their eventual disillusionment with this exhilarating and spectacular sport of wreckerating.

LOL!OK, so when my husband was a boy his family used the euphemism "spout" for , well... you know. So when he learned that song in school it seemed strange to him! I'm sure it was mostly harmless.ps is it really towel day? I had no idea!

I had a baaaad feeling when I saw the first "teapot", like I could see where this was going...and then to see that there wasn't just one, or two, but THREE phallic-spouted teapots, I couldn't help but let out a "NOOOOOOOOOO!" inside my noggin.

I did not see a hypnotized bunny in that one cake, but those teapots did indeed look happy to see everyone. Especially that last one. Do these bakers not stop to admire their finished cakes? I suppose it would be worse if they do and either don't see the problem, or they're quite pleased with it.

I would think that, with all the messed-up cakes out there, one might slightly resemble Agrajag, all deformed and ticked off. I'm very tempted to make an Agrajag cake now... should be easy since I have no cake decorating talent whatsoever :)

I'm shocked that, what with all the completely hideous cakes out there, one did not resemble Agrajag. I'm very tempted to make an Agrajag cake now - should be easy, given that I have NO cake decorating talent whatsoever

Is it possible for me to be BOTH an HHGG fan and ALSO a Pittsburgh Steelers fan? I hope nothing implodes today. I have my Terrible Towel right here! (And yes, it looks nothing like the one in the picture - it actually looks like a towel....)TracyOWV: stabe - I hope that teapot "spout" doesn't stabe me... :)

I didn't think I could love you any more....then today happened. I was so busy reading the HH references, I forgot to actually look at the cakes until I got to Zaphod. Thank you, you totally made my day!

I have NEVER posted a response before.... but the Hitchhiker's Guide will get me every time! Especially when you paraphrase my FAVORITE line ever.... "A substance almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea"

I'm thinking that blogger needs to add a like button for each comment.

Favorite Adams quote? -

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.

Oh dear for a minute I was completely dumbfounded by the teapot-I couldn't guite figure out why they would have....oh it's a spout...oh for a teapot. Oh, that is so much better then my little gutter mind was thinking at first.

I'm surprised no one has brought up the fact that the terrible towel started as an homage to the Slovak ladies who were Pittsburgh sports fans. In the 30s, 40s and 50s, the Slovak ladies would go the Pittsburgh Pirates games, and would use their babushkas to wave and cheer on their boys. This was later translated to dish towels they brought with them, and then to the official "Terrible Towel" for the Pittsburgh sports teams.

Yikes....Looks like another long night of eye bleaching again... that's just disturbing... blinded by the (b)light... thanks Jen - anything I bake HAS to be better than that. It gives me hope! lol. Lori

Just because i think its tragic no one knows this, today is "Nerd Pride Day". Now, there has to be at least 1 guy living in his basement who was aware of this, but thats just sad, so HAPPY NERD PRIDE DAY!!!!!

My mother would have loved those ( CCCs or not). Her version " I'm a little pee tot stort and shout, here's my handled and here's my (dramatic pause) .. spout. Heat me up and hear me shout, tip me over and Pour It Out" She would have put dibs on the ... spout. Perhaps she was a cake-baking Vogon.

My 3 favorite quotes (there are so many!): 1)"Life," said Marvin dolefully, "loathe it or ignore it, you can't like it." 2)There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. … Clearly, it is this second part, the missing, which presents the difficulties. and 3)So long and thanks for all the fish.

Oh Jen, the things I learn about when I google the references in your comments that I don't understand. Sometimes I have to read the comments of a reader who does understand your references to find a clue to further my knowledge and to let me in on the inside jokes. All it took was a google search of "Zaphod" (found in the 2nd comment of the day, by Anonymous @9:39am) to take me to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Then from googling HGttG I found a youtube site that had the entire movie (made up in 7 segments), which I promptly watched in its entirety. Now I understand it all. Thanks for frequently contributing to my continuing education. Keep it up!

OMG you have successfully made me love you more! And now my favorite Hitchiker's guide quote:"I can't die now! I have a head ache! I can't go to heaven with a headache! I'd be all cross and wouldn't enjoy it!" ~Arthur Dent

1) "I've been in and out of a gin and tonic." "Where did you find a gin and tonic?" "I found a lake and called it a gin and tonic." (or something to that effect- I don't have the book with me, either...)2) "Whop"3) Anything Marvin says, especially if it starts with, "Here I am, brain the size of a planet..."

Also, I wanted to name my daughter Fenchurch... I didn't, but I wanted to...

Warning: There have been several attempts to launch a word verification EPCOT of late. Be on guard and always know the shortest route to the shelter. Meanwhile...

My copy says it was a bowl of petunias. Just sayin'.

"If you have enjoyed the experience of this drink, why not share it with your friends?""Because I want to keep them!"

Arthur Dent's exchange with that benighted machine reminds me of every session I have had with a computer (that includes computers made by that 'other' company, John).

Today's helpful tip: when looking for Hitchhiker references, do not search 'it tastes filthy!' whatever you do. You will be 'rewarded' with a catalog of things that taste filthy and almost no Hitchhiker references.

Happy Towel Day. May Douglas Adams hitchhike across the galaxy forever more, and may Wreckorators continue to provide Jen with excellent material to riff on with wonderful geeky references. 'Cause this post was awesome.

Well those sure are some interesting.. erm teapots. Yeah lets pretend they don't actually have man parts attached to them lol. Oh my gosh that first pick looks like the petunias got pooped on by an elephant. Sad lol.

@one of the Anonymouses: Agrajag was the final reincarnation of the bowl of petunias. I can't esplain more, it would take all day.

I guess it's Geek Pride day because between Towel Day, Lilac Day, and Star Wars Day, we need a big old Geek Day to carry it around in. It's definitely going on my calendar for next year as one of those days I should sit around doing nothing.

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